Surging Wave Pavilion
Canglang Ting
No. 3 Canglang Ting Street, Gusu District, Suzhou
Song; site from Five Dynasties Wu & Yue
Qian Yuanguan Garden Song Literati Canal-side Garden
Canglang Ting’s name—“Surging Wave”—evokes both real hydraulics and moral metaphors in Song elite culture. Its location straddling city water and garden still dramatizes the Suzhou theme of civilization pressed against moving currents.